{"id":836,"date":"2011-11-29T15:37:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ariresearch.org\/ru\/?p=836"},"modified":"2015-05-11T09:33:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T09:33:51","slug":"children-paying-heavily-for-our-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariresearch.org\/ru\/children-youth-education\/children-paying-heavily-for-our-mistakes","title":{"rendered":"Children Paying Heavily for Our Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong><\/p>\n Gangs<\/strong>: \u201cA national study<\/a> by the Home Office estimates that approximately 6 percent of all boys and girls aged 10 to 19 \u2013 or around 50,000 people \u2013 are members of gangs.\u201d<\/p>\n Dysfunctional Homes<\/strong>: \u201cThe \u2018big cause,\u2019 Mr. Blair said, lay with alienated youths from dysfunctional families living outside \u2018any canons of proper behavior\u2019 \u2013 a phenomenon affecting most modern societies in the developed world.\u201d (UK\u2019s Cameron: Will Mend Broken Society<\/a> after the Riots)<\/em><\/p>\n Prostitution<\/strong>: \u201cNew child-sex-trafficking research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker. According to this research<\/a>, 45% of child prostitutes in New York are boys.\u201d<\/p>\n Human Trafficking<\/strong>: \u201cA staggering 46% of all trafficking in the United States feed prostitution. The average age of beginning in prostitution in the US is 13.\u201d (Stop Child Slavery<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n Pedophilia<\/strong>: \u201cOne of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement were under age 6.\u201d (CPIU<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n Substance Abuse:<\/strong> \u201cOf the 83,000 school pupils questioned for the report, results revealed that 4% of 12 year olds are regularly consuming 28 units of alcohol every week — the equivalent of drinking 19 glasses of wine per week.\u201d (BBC<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n Depression<\/strong>: \u201cAt any point in time, 1 in every 10 children and adolescents are affected by serious emotional disturbances.\u201d (<\/em>http:\/\/www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov<\/em><\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n Risk-Taking Behavior: <\/strong>\u201cThe 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated that over a thirty day span, 29.1% of high school students surveyed had ridden in a car with a driver who had been drinking alcohol and 18% had carried a weapon. Over a 12 month span, 6.9% of high school students had attempted suicide, 75% had drunk alcohol, and 47.8% had sexual intercourse.\u201d (www.cdc.gov<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n \u201cSuicide<\/strong> is the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds, among this age group, suicide accounts for 12.3% of all deaths. In 2007, 6.9% of high school student surveyed through the Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated they had attempted suicide in the last 12 months, and 14.5% had seriously considered attempting suicide.\u201d (<\/em>www.cdc.gov<\/em><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>The erosion of the morals on which society was founded can be seen most distinctly in the next generation.<\/p>\n